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Summary

Resolves ~45 Dependabot alerts (3 critical, ~32 high, ~10 medium) through dependency cleanup, version bumps, and pnpm overrides.

Fixes #1728

Changes

Phase 1 — Remove unused direct dependencies

Removed packages that are never imported in any source file:

  • handlebars (9 alerts, 1 critical)
  • protobufjs (10 alerts, 5 high)
  • form-data (2 alerts, 1 critical)
  • auth0-js (1 alert, 1 high)

Phase 2 — Direct dependency bumps

  • axios ^1.18.0 → ^1.20.0 (8 alerts: 5 high, 3 medium)
  • uuid kept at ^9.0.1 — CJS-compatible, vulnerable v3/v5/v6 functions never used
  • qs already at latest 6.x

Phase 3 — Parent package updates

  • @opentelemetry/sdk-node ^0.217.0 → ^0.221.0
  • socket.io-client lockfile updated

Phase 4 — pnpm.overrides for transitive vulns

  • brace-expansion 2.x → 2.1.4 (6 HIGH: DoS)
  • tar-fs 3.x → 3.1.3 (3 HIGH: path traversal)
  • ip-address 10.x → 10.5.0 (3 HIGH/MEDIUM: SSRF)

Accepted risk (no fix available)

  • websocket-driver — CRITICAL, not directly used, monitor upstream
  • request — deprecated, transitive, remove when parent drops it
  • @babel/core — dev-only (jest), low priority

Validation

  • pnpm install succeeds
  • Pre-existing TS errors unchanged (not introduced by this PR)
  • Existing tests pass

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Updated underlying runtime environments and build tooling across services for improved compatibility and reliability.
    • Refreshed selected application components and applied consistent version controls to support stability and observability.
    • Removed unused components to streamline the application.
    • Added automated checks to improve confidence in service startup, dependency consistency, and telemetry behavior.

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  • apps/api-gateway/src/tracer.spec.ts
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The pull request updates package dependencies and pnpm overrides, moves service containers to Node 24 on Alpine 3.24, and adds API Gateway tests for bundle loading, dependency integrity, and OpenTelemetry initialization.

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Platform updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dependency manifest
package.json
Updates @opentelemetry/sdk-node, axios, and pnpm. Removes four dependencies and adds dependency overrides.
Service container images
Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.*
Updates service build and runtime images to Alpine 3.24. Build stages use pnpm 9.15.9.
API Gateway validation tests
apps/api-gateway/src/*.spec.ts
Adds tests for production bundle evaluation, installed dependency ranges, and NodeSDK lifecycle behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 8dcf9

The agent-provisioning image can install an unreviewed dependency graph without the intended security overrides, and the added validation tests do not reliably protect the production bundle and tracing paths. These issues should be resolved before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The pull request addresses several security objectives, but it does not fully meet issue #1728. The issue requires updating qs and uuid, while the PR explicitly retains their existing versions. The PR… Update qs and uuid as required by issue #1728, complete any required Puppeteer and transitive dependency updates, resolve or explicitly revise the TypeScript acceptance requirement, update pnpm-lock.yaml, and rerun the installation, TypeScr…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 3 files. (20 skipped: 2… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title directly and clearly describes the main change: resolving critical and high-severity Dependabot vulnerabilities.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewable changes remain within scope. Dependency removals, version updates, overrides, Docker base image updates, pnpm updates, and targeted tests all support the security remediation objectives…
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The pull request addresses several security objectives, but it does not fully meet issue #1728. The issue requires updating qs and uuid, while the PR explicitly retains their existing versions. The PR also states that pre-existing TypeScript errors remain, so the required TypeScript validation does not pass. The excluded pnpm-lock.yaml prevents verification of the final dependency resolutions.

Resolution

Update qs and uuid as required by issue #1728, complete any required Puppeteer and transitive dependency updates, resolve or explicitly revise the TypeScript acceptance requirement, update pnpm-lock.yaml, and rerun the installation, TypeScript, and Jest validations.

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 3 files. (20 skipped: 20 unsupported.)

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In `@package.json`:
- Line 53: Validate the API gateway production build with the current
`@opentelemetry/sdk-node` version, focusing on the NodeSDK import in tracer.ts and
Webpack configuration. If the build reproduces the sdk-trace-base tree-shaking
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Comment thread package.json
… form-data, auth0-js)

These packages are listed as direct dependencies but never imported in any
source file. Removing them eliminates ~21 Dependabot alerts including
2 CRITICAL (handlebars, form-data) and 5 HIGH (protobufjs) with zero
code changes.

Refs: #1728
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
axios minor bump resolves 5 HIGH and 3 MEDIUM alerts including
prototype pollution, SSRF, ReDoS, and credential leak vulnerabilities.

uuid kept at ^9.0.1 (CJS-compatible) — the vulnerable v3/v5/v6 functions
are never used in this codebase (only v4 and validate are imported).

qs already at latest 6.x — no change needed.

Refs: #1728
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
…uln fixes

- @opentelemetry/sdk-node ^0.217.0 → ^0.221.0 (fixes @opentelemetry/core
  and propagator-jaeger transitive vulnerabilities)
- socket.io-client ^4.8.3 updated lockfile (fixes socket.io-parser vuln)

puppeteer kept at ^21.11.0 — already at latest 21.x; major version bump
deferred to avoid breaking changes.

Refs: #1728
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
Force safe versions of transitive dependencies that haven't been updated
by their parent packages:

- brace-expansion 2.x → 2.1.4 (fixes 6 HIGH: DoS via unbounded arrays)
- tar-fs 3.x → 3.1.3 (fixes 3 HIGH: symlink/path traversal)
- ip-address 10.x → 10.5.0 (fixes 3 HIGH/MEDIUM: SSRF, trust-boundary bypass)

Not overridden (already at safe versions):
- minimatch: installed 8.x, vuln only affects >=9.0.0
- fast-uri: installed 3.1.5, already patched
- js-yaml: installed 4.x, vuln only affects >=5.0.0

Refs: #1728
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
Adds pnpm overrides to force patched versions of transitive dependencies:
- websocket-driver: 0.7.4 → 0.7.5 (CRITICAL: buffer overflow)
- handlebars: 4.7.8 → 4.7.9 (CRITICAL: prototype pollution)
- fast-uri: 3.1.2 → 3.1.6 (HIGH: URI parsing)

All three are transitive deps that cannot be bumped via direct
dependency updates. Overrides are scoped to affected version ranges
to minimize blast radius.

Refs: #1728, #1730
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
Adds pnpm overrides to force patched versions of remaining vulnerable
transitive dependencies:

- js-yaml: 3.15.1 → 4.3.2 (HIGH/MEDIUM: ReDoS in flow collections, merge keys)
- minimatch: 9.0.3 → 9.0.9 (HIGH: ReDoS via multiple wildcards)
- form-data: 2.3.3 → 2.5.6 (CRITICAL/HIGH: unsafe random, CRLF injection)
- @babel/core: 7.29.0 → 7.29.6 (LOW: arbitrary file read via sourcemap)

js-yaml and @babel/core overrides are dev-only (jest/istanbul).
All overrides are scoped to affected version ranges.

Refs: #1728, #1730
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
P0: Base image rebuild (19 Hub Dockerfiles)
- node:24-alpine3.23 → node:24-alpine3.24
- Alpine 3.24 ships newer OpenSSL, musl, zlib, perl
- apk upgrade already runs in all Dockerfiles

P1: Package manager bump
- pnpm 9.15.3 → 9.15.9 (latest 9.x patch, security fixes)
- Updated package.json packageManager field to match

Verifier images (credo-controller, verifier-service, trust-service,
airport-service, consent-management) are in a separate repo and
require coordinated Go/Debian base image rebuilds (tracked in #1730).

Refs: #1730
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
The previous commit used a base64-encoded integrity hash from npm view,
but corepack's packageManager field requires hex-encoded SHA-512.

Refs: #1730
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
…specs

- tracer.spec.ts guards the NodeSDK bootstrap path in tracer.ts, including
  the disabled-by-default gate and clean SDK start/shutdown lifecycle.
- dependency-integrity.spec.ts asserts every direct dependency resolves to a
  version matching its declared range (caret/tilde/exact and catalog: refs),
  guarding against lockfile drift after future upgrades.
- bundle.smoke.spec.ts loads the webpack production bundle in a subprocess and
  verifies module evaluation completes and the OpenTelemetry SDK boots,
  guarding the sdk-trace-base tree-shaking failure seen with sdk-node upgrades.
  The suite auto-skips until a CI build job produces dist/.

Refs: #1729
Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
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Follow-up: regression test coverage

Adds three durable unit/integration test suites guarding the security changes — chosen to stay useful after this upgrade, not just pin it.

apps/api-gateway/src/tracer.spec.ts (8 tests)

Pins the NodeSDK bootstrap path in tracer.ts:

  • SDK/logger remain null when IS_ENABLE_OTEL is not exactly "true" (incl. unset)
  • SDK boots, starts and shuts down cleanly, and yields a recording span when enabled

apps/api-gateway/src/dependency-integrity.spec.ts (~129 tests)

For every direct dependency, asserts the installed version satisfies its declared semver range (caret/tilde/exact, and catalog: resolved from pnpm-workspace.yaml). Guards against lockfile/range drift on future upgrades.

apps/api-gateway/src/bundle.smoke.spec.ts (2 tests)

Spawns a subprocess that loads the webpack production bundle (dist/apps/api-gateway/main.js) and verifies module evaluation completes and the OpenTelemetry SDK boots — directly covering the @opentelemetry/sdk-node tree-shaking (sdk-trace-base) concern raised during review. Auto-skips until a CI build job produces dist/, so it stays green now and activates once a build job is added.

Verification

  • pnpm jest --config jest.ci.config.js --runInBand: 18 suites / 211 tests pass (was 72 on main)
  • Manually confirmed the webpack prod build compiles and the bundled app reports OpenTelemetry SDK started successfully with @opentelemetry/sdk-node@0.221.0

Signed commit: 8dcf9c60 (#1729)

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In `@apps/api-gateway/src/bundle.smoke.spec.ts`:
- Line 13: Update CI to build the API Gateway bundle, including
dist/apps/api-gateway/main.js, before running bundle.smoke.spec.ts, and execute
the suite against that generated artifact. Remove or bypass the
skipWithoutBundle/describeBundle gating so the bundle assertions always run in
CI while preserving any intended local behavior.

In `@apps/api-gateway/src/dependency-integrity.spec.ts`:
- Line 42: Fix the ESLint implicit-arrow-linebreak violation in the arrow
expression around value by keeping the expression on the declaration line or
placing the .trim() call on the same line as value, while preserving the
existing behavior.
- Around line 91-93: Update the ~ range evaluation in the satisfies condition to
accept installed versions greater than or equal to the lower bound X.Y.0 and
less than the upper bound X.(Y + 1).0; replace the exact-equality and incorrect
comparison while preserving the existing toTuple and cmp helpers.

In `@apps/api-gateway/src/tracer.spec.ts`:
- Around line 60-61: Update the tracer test cleanup around otelSDK so every test
shuts down its SDK in afterEach, disables the global trace provider with
trace.disable(), and resets modules via jest.resetModules(). Ensure this cleanup
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In `@package.json`:
- Line 223: Update Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.agent-provisioning to install pnpm
9.15.9, copy pnpm-lock.yaml before dependency installation, and run pnpm i with
--frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts so the image uses the reviewed dependency
graph.
- Around line 217-218: Update Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.agent-provisioning to
install and use pnpm version 9.15.9, then replace its dependency installation
command with pnpm install --frozen-lockfile so pnpm.overrides and pnpm-lock.yaml
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Comment thread apps/api-gateway/src/bundle.smoke.spec.ts
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the ESLint error.

The configured implicit-arrow-linebreak rule reports this line. Keep the arrow expression on the declaration line or place .trim() after value on the same line.

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[error] 42-42: Expected no linebreak before this expression.

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In `@apps/api-gateway/src/dependency-integrity.spec.ts` at line 42, Fix the ESLint
implicit-arrow-linebreak violation in the arrow expression around value by
keeping the expression on the declaration line or placing the .trim() call on
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Comment thread apps/api-gateway/src/tracer.spec.ts
Comment thread package.json
Comment thread package.json
- fix tilde range evaluation in dependency-integrity spec (>=X.Y.z, <X.(Y+1).0)
- add per-test SDK shutdown + trace.disable cleanup to tracer spec
- build api-gateway bundle in CI and stop skipping bundle smoke suite there
- align agent-provisioning Dockerfile with pinned pnpm + frozen lockfile

Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
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Addressed CodeRabbit inline review on 8dcf9c6 — verified each finding against current code and fixed all five valid ones in 0780100.

  1. bundle.smoke.spec.ts CI gating — now builds the api-gateway webpack bundle in .github/workflows/test.yml before running jest; the suite skips only for local runs that haven't built ('true' !== process.env.CI), never in CI.
  2. dependency-integrity.spec.ts:42 implicit-arrow-linebreak — reflowed toTuple to keep the body beside the arrow; eslint now passes (was a real violation per .eslintrc.js 'beside').
  3. dependency-integrity.spec.ts ~ range bug — the old branch cmp === 0 && cmp === 1 was impossible/dead (fails even ~4.0.4 with installed 4.0.4). Rewrote as >= X.Y.Z && < X.(Y+1).0 and verified all boundary cases.
  4. tracer.spec.ts cleanup — added afterEach: SDK shutdown + trace.disable() + env/reset; the offline-expectation is noted (shutdown flush may ECONNREFUSED, covered by the integration spec).
  5. Dockerfile.agent-provisioning — pinned pnpm@9.15.9, copies pnpm-lock.yaml, uses pnpm i --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts, matching every sibling Dockerfile (previously installed unpinned pnpm with no lockfile).

Validation: eslint clean, 18 suites / 211 tests pass. Signed commit pushed.

Comment thread Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.agent-provisioning Fixed
Add nodejs group + nextjs user and USER nextjs to the final stage,
matching every sibling Dockerfile (Dockerfile.user, Dockerfile.agent-service,
etc.). Compose override 'user: root' is unchanged for the docker.sock mount,
so agent orchestration still works while the image no longer defaults to root.

Refs: SonarQube quality gate — 'node' image runs with root as default user.

Signed-off-by: Ajay Jadhav <ajay@ayanworks.com>
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